Charl Schwartzel

Robert Allenby and Ryan Palmer kept bogeys off their cards and made enough birdies to share the lead at the Sony Open in Honolulu and give themselves a small cushion over everyone else. Allenby made all three of his birdies inside 4 feet on Saturday for a 3-under 67. Palmer, who started the third round with a one-shot margin, two-putted for birdie on his last hole for a 68 to finally catch the Australian. They were at 11-under 199, three shots clear of a group that includes defending...

By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER England (Reuters) - Charl Schwartzel has little affection for Wentworth and the intermittent rain and chilly 30kph winds tipped him over the edge on Friday as the former U.S. Masters champion slumped to a six-over-par 78. The 29-year-old South African could barely feel his fingers on the shafts of his clubs and his demeanor was helped none by soreness in his right wrist, an injury that had almost forced him to...

Fred Couples continued the quest for his first PGA Tour victory in five years with a 7-under-par 65 that gave him a one-stroke lead Thursday over Stuart Appleby in the rain-interrupted opening round of the Houston Open. Couples had eight birdies--including five while shooting a 30 on the back nine. Play was suspended for 3 1/2 hours and didn't resume until a line of thunderstorms passed through. Many players didn't tee off until late afternoon, and 78 couldn't finish their rounds as darkness fell.

AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Triple champion Phil Mickelson led a host of big names to miss the cut at the Masters on Friday as the American failed to advance to the third round at Augusta National for the first time in 17 years. Former winners Charl Schwartzel (2011), Zach Johnson (2007), Angel Cabrera (2009) and Trevor Immelman (2008) also failed to qualify for the final two rounds. U.S. PGA champion Jason Dufner, former world number one Luke Donald, Sergio...

(Reuters) - Triple major champion Padraig Harrington and 2011 U.S. Masters winner Charl Schwartzel will join world number three Luke Donald in the field for next month's Malaysian Open, organizers said on Monday. Harrington, up to 47th in the rankings after finishing tied-ninth at the Phoenix Open on Sunday, last appeared in Malaysia in 2006 and ended a two-year victory drought in October at the elite four-man Grand Slam of Golf event in Bermuda. South African...

(Reuters) - Henrik Stenson's dramatic rise to number three in the world has led to a sudden surge in off-course demands and distractions that could damage his golf unless he is careful, the Swede said on Wednesday. The former Ryder Cup player has rocketed up the rankings after a remarkable year during which he became the first man to win the U.S. Tour's lucrative FedExCup series and finish top of the European money list. "I must keep on working on my game and...

Whether he's running away from the field or chasing from behind, Geoff Ogilvy has found the secret to winning the season-opening SBS Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii. A year after winning by six shots, Ogilvy rallied Sunday from a two-shot deficit with 10 holes to play with flawless golf for a 6-under 67 and 21-under 270 total and a one-shot victory over Rory Sabbatini. Ogilvy posted his eighth straight round in the 60s on the Plantation Course. He joined fellow Australian Stuart Appleby as...

MALELANE, South Africa, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Defending champion Charl Schwartzel and Dane Morten Orum Madsen look set to renew last week's South African Open rivalry after ending Friday's second round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship as joint leaders. Former U.S. Masters champion Schwartzel, who last year romped home by 12 strokes for the third-largest winning margin in European Tour history, returned a second successive 68 for an eight-under-par total of 136 at Leopard...

MALELANE, South Africa, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Defending champion Charl Schwartzel and Dane Morten Orum Madsen look set to renew last week's South African Open rivalry after ending Friday's second round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship as joint leaders. Former U.S. Masters champion Schwartzel, who last year romped home by 12 strokes for the third-largest winning margin in European Tour history, returned a second successive 68 for an eight-under-par total of 136 at Leopard...

DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) - Not even a visit to an overzealous barber could stop Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel from winning one of the key match-ups on the opening day of the Presidents Cup on Thursday. The two South Africans got more than they expected when they paid a visit to an on-course hairdresser at Muirfield Village Golf Club before the competition began, emerging with their hair completely shorn. When they returned to the course on Thursday, they were finally...

By Julian Linden AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 5 (Reuters) - Japanese amateur Hideki Matsuyama continued his love affair with the Masters on Thursday, carding a one-under-par 71 in the first round to outshoot most of the professionals at Augusta National. The 20-year-old student showed no signs of nerves in the pressure cooker atmosphere to finish the day a shot better that Tiger Woods and defending champion Charl Schwartzel and four better than world number one Luke Donald.

By Mark Lamport-Stokes DUBLIN, Ohio, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Good friends Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel can only hope that their matchplay strategy works out a lot better for the Internationals than their hairstyle plans at this week's Presidents Cup. The two South Africans, who are likely to play together in Thursday's opening fourball matches at Muirfield Village Golf Club, ended up having virtually all their hair shaved off in error by...

Part 2 : continues.... 20. Jason Dufner, United States -- Dufner has been unable to come anywhere close to the magic of his breakthrough season last year, when he claimed his first two PGA Tour victories at the age of 35, but a big week in the U.S. Open at Merion could make him forget all that very quickly. It hasn't been all bad, as he has put himself in good position several times this year, but he has struggled on Sundays, failing to break 70 any of his nine final rounds, in which his...

(Reuters) - South African golfer Charl Schwartzel regrets breaking a club after hitting a poor shot at the British Open last month but the 2011 U.S. Masters champion said playing with pent-up frustration had a more negative effect his overall performance. "It is very difficult at times," the 28-year-old said when asked how he handled on-course irritation. "Some people can keep it in. Others need to sort of express it in a way. I need to actually get it out to carry...